The court-martial of George Armstrong Custer by Jones Douglas C

The court-martial of George Armstrong Custer by Jones Douglas C

Author:Jones, Douglas C
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876, Custer, George Armstrong
Publisher: New York : Warner Books
Published: 1977-07-14T16:00:00+00:00


Gardiner frowns, thinking before he answers. "That was the company guarding the pack train...."

"Yes, sir, that it was. Captain McDougall, Thomas McDougall, a fine man. He was killed, you know, same place I was hit on the bluffs after we joined up with Reno and Benteen."

"Yes, I recall his name on the casualty list."

"A fine gentleman, sir, although I had little time to serve him. At Fort Lincoln I was posted to the Custers. That's how I come by this information I have."

"Posted to the Custers? What does that mean?"

"I was their quarters orderly. I was surprised they let me join my company when the regiment moved out to the Yellowstone. You see, right after my enlistment, I got into the spirit of things one night and into an awful row with some of the boys—we re-fit the Battle of Sharpsburg, where the old 3rd Arkansas whaled hell out of a passel of Yankees, no disrespect, sir—but I was outnumbered again, so they not only battered me. around good, they court-martialed me for bein' drunk. Which was true. General Custer, he took me on parole to stoke the fires in his house. I just stayed on there because I work good and General Custer, he liked teasing me about being a whipped Rebel carrying coal now for the U.S. Cavalry. Miz Libby, she was always nice to me, and sometimes she'd scold the general like she was his mama."

Gardiner is uneasy at being forced to a curtain which has been drawn aside to reveal intimacies he is not sure he is prepared to witness. But his interest is intense, and there is no question of breaking off the conversation. Besides, he thinks, this man has said he may have something valuable for me.

"No disrespect to General Custer, he was a brave one all right. But they'd play these parlor games. Just the two of 'em, rompin' and tearin' around like two



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